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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (5)

1. of or relating to an economy, the system of production and management of material wealth;
- Example: "economic growth"
- Example: "aspects of social, political, and economical life"
[syn: economic, economical]

2. of or relating to the science of economics;
- Example: "economic theory"

3. using the minimum of time or resources necessary for effectiveness;
- Example: "an economic use of home heating oil"
- Example: "a modern economical heating system"
- Example: "an economical use of her time"
[syn: economic, economical]

4. concerned with worldly necessities of life (especially money);
- Example: "he wrote the book primarily for economic reasons"
- Example: "gave up the large house for economic reasons"
- Example: "in economic terms they are very privileged"

5. financially rewarding;
- Example: "it was no longer economic to keep the factory open"
- Example: "have to keep prices high enough to make it economic to continue the service"


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Economic \E`co*nom"ic\ (?; 277), Economical \E`co*nom"ic*al\, a. [F. ['e]conomique, L. oeconomicus orderly, methodical, Gr. ? economical. See Economy.] 1. Pertaining to the household; domestic. "In this economical misfortune [of ill-assorted matrimony.]" --Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. Relating to domestic economy, or to the management of household affairs. [1913 Webster] And doth employ her economic art And busy care, her household to preserve. --Sir J. Davies. [1913 Webster] 3. Managing with frugality; guarding against waste or unnecessary expense; careful and frugal in management and in expenditure; -- said of character or habits. [1913 Webster] Just rich enough, with economic care, To save a pittance. --Harte. [1913 Webster] 4. Managed with frugality; not marked with waste or extravagance; using the minimum of time or effort or resources required for effectiveness; frugal; -- said of acts; saving; as, an economical use of money or of time; an economic use of home heating oil. [WordNet sense 3] [1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5] 5. of or pertaining to the national or regional economy; relating to political economy; relating to the means of living, or the resources and wealth of a country; relating to the production or consumption of goods and services of a nation or region; as, economic growth; economic purposes; economical truths; an economic downturn. [1913 Webster] These matters economical and political. --J. C. Shairp. [1913 Webster] There was no economical distress in England to prompt the enterprises of colonization. --Palfrey. [1913 Webster] Economic questions, such as money, usury, taxes, lands, and the employment of the people. --H. C. Baird. [1913 Webster] 6. Regulative; relating to the adaptation of means to an end. --Grew. [1913 Webster] 7. of or pertaining to economics. economic theory [WordNet 1.5] 8. profitable. Opposite of uneconomic. [WordNet sense 4] [WordNet 1.5 +PJC] 9. avoiding waste; as, an economical meal. Opposite of wasteful. Syn: frugal, scotch, sparing, stinting, thrifty. [WordNet 1.5] Note: Economical is the usual form when meaning frugal, saving; economic is the form commonly used when meaning pertaining to the management of a household, or of public affairs. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

economic adj 1: of or relating to an economy, the system of production and management of material wealth; "economic growth"; "aspects of social, political, and economical life" [syn: economic, economical] 2: of or relating to the science of economics; "economic theory" 3: using the minimum of time or resources necessary for effectiveness; "an economic use of home heating oil"; "a modern economical heating system"; "an economical use of her time" [syn: economic, economical] 4: concerned with worldly necessities of life (especially money); "he wrote the book primarily for economic reasons"; "gave up the large house for economic reasons"; "in economic terms they are very privileged" 5: financially rewarding; "it was no longer economic to keep the factory open"; "have to keep prices high enough to make it economic to continue the service"
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

57 Moby Thesaurus words for "economic": Scotch, budget, budgetary, canny, careful, chary, cheap, cheeseparing, commercial, conserving, easy, economizing, economy, financial, fiscal, forehanded, frugal, inexpensive, labor-saving, low, low-priced, manageable, mercantile, moderate, modest, monetary, money-saving, nominal, parsimonious, pecuniary, penny-wise, politico-economic, productive, profitable, provident, prudent, prudential, reasonable, remunerative, saving, scrimping, sensible, shabby, shoddy, skimping, socio-economic, solvent, spare, sparing, thrifty, time-saving, token, trade, unexpensive, unwasteful, within means, worth the money